Chapter 256 Making Things Easy for the Baby
After this beast tide, the whole family felt a sense of urgency and unanimously decided that they must improve their combat strength as soon as possible.
However, improving combat power is not just about relying on the level of one's special ability.
Previously, when defending the ice wall, the commander built an ice wall for everyone in time. The ice wall also had cover that could be used for both offense and defense, which allowed everyone to safely hide behind the cover and kill the enemy by launching superpower attacks.
Furthermore, sea creatures are already at a disadvantage when out of water, and most of them are not good at climbing. Limited by this fatal weakness, they were able to win this battle by sheer luck.
However, real wars are often face-to-face battles. Given their current situation, apart from Xiao Bao who has the instinct to fight like a wild beast, the rest of the family members are just food for the enemy.
“Master, I think everyone should learn basic martial arts skills and practice close combat techniques first,” Mao Li said.
"Basic martial arts? Aren't there any particularly powerful, peerless divine skills or something?" Zuo Shan waved his hand and gestured a couple of times.
"Haha! You've probably been reading too many comic books, haven't you? The way to defeat enemies in this world has always been through speed, strength, and the simplest, most direct attacks." Mao Li couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Alright, I was too naive. Let's start with basic martial arts then." Zuo Shan blushed.
The basic martial arts techniques that Mao Li found for them looked somewhat similar to the military boxing she had learned during her university military training; the movements were simple and easy to learn.
Mao Li tailored the training to each individual's specific needs, assigning Zuo Shan the main focus on straight punches, as her strength lay in speed.
If you strengthen your strength training on top of speed, you won't be easily knocked away when you fight humans or beasts in close combat in the future.
Pandole is young, and even though her ability level has broken through to the third tier, she is definitely a weakling in close combat. Therefore, Mao Li designed her to focus on agile dodging and looking for opportunities to attack the enemy's most vulnerable points, such as the eyes.
Xiao Bao is of the metal element, making him the strongest in defense. Because he is born with a fondness for bamboo leaves, although he is overweight, he is extremely good at climbing and has sufficient attack power.
In close combat, it only needs to protect its most vulnerable eyes and abdomen, and then it can unleash its full power.
After finalizing the training plan, Zuo Shan summoned the whole family to the basement, took out the spiritual milk, and let everyone suck on it as much as they wanted!
In addition to enhancing supernatural abilities, spiritual milk can also strengthen the body and reduce the damage caused by radiation.
We just happened to get a lot of loot this time, mostly second and third-tier sea beast meat. Taking this opportunity, it wouldn't seem too abrupt for everyone to advance to the next tier together.
The whole family was happily taking drugs in the basement when they heard a knocking sound coming from the wall next to them.
Then came Xiaobai's familiar voice: "Fanzi, can I open a door in this wall?"
Left fan:......
Everyone was frozen in shock.
"No way!" Zuo Shan stormed out of the basement and rushed to the neighbor's yard gate to knock. But as soon as his hand touched the doorknob, the gate opened by itself.
Xiao Bai stood there with a smile, gesturing for her to come in: "When you came before, I was so busy talking to you about business that I forgot to show you around my new home. Since you're here, why don't you take a look? If there's anything you don't like, I'll have someone fix it."
He spoke so naturally, as if this courtyard were their shared home.
She took a deep breath, temporarily suppressing her anger, and said, "Then take me to see your basement!"
Xiaobai's basement has two floors. Judging from the area, it should be right next to her basement, separated by only one wall. You would think that the two basements were built at the same time.
The basement walls had all been hardened, but a doorway in the very center of the wall remained unhardened.
"Leave a door here so that it's convenient for Ah Chen to come and visit. Look how he's growing up every day. I was able to run around the place when I was only seven months old. If you calculate the time, he'll be able to walk soon too."
If you don't keep a close eye on him, and he runs out in the middle of the day, his delicate skin can easily get sunburned.
"Why not let him play in the basement at noon? The space is big enough for him to run around without feeling cramped."
As Xiao Bai spoke softly, Zuo Shan's anger gradually melted away. Although she knew he was using the child as a pretext, she still felt comforted that he could think so much for the child.
Left behind in the countryside by her parents and raised by her grandparents, Zuo Shan, as a left-behind child, actually longed for parental love deep down.
This kind of care cannot be replaced by money. What she wants is for her parents to have a hot home-cooked meal with her after school, and for her to have a broad chest to confide in when she is bullied at school.
After Achen was born, she never forgot to pay attention to his joys and sorrows, just so that he would not have any regrets in the process of growing up.
No matter how hard she tries, a mother is a mother, and it's hard for her to replace a father in a child's heart.
The baby is still too young to understand these things, but when he gets older and more sensible, won't he also want to be like other children?
How about having a father who can hold him high in the air anytime, lead him in boxing practice with laughter, and give him a sense of security with his broad shoulders when danger arises?
Thinking of this, she finally nodded: "It's fine to open a door, but we have to wait until the baby can run, and this door is only for the baby's convenience."
He understood her unspoken meaning, but he only smiled and remained silent. When she was about to take her leave, he said, "Oh, right, there's something I forgot to give you."
He placed a contract made of a special material into her hand. Zuo Shan was very familiar with this kind of contract; it was the most important treasure in the original owner's memories.
This is a property deed certificate, and the homeowner's name on it is clearly hers!
"You...you...you actually bought the house I was renting?" Zuo Shan exclaimed in shock.
“But I don’t plan to live in this area forever,” she added.
"But I just want to be your neighbor. What if the landlord sells the house to someone else?" Xiaobai said matter-of-factly.
"Then you shouldn't have written my name," Zuo Shan said softly after holding back for a while.
"Although you refuse to admit that you are my fiancée, you brought so many people to help me when I needed it, and then you sent me this when my powers were depleted."
Do you know how valuable it is? If it were auctioned in the city center, each drop would be worth no less than 100,000, and there would be no market for it; you simply couldn't buy it.
But you gave me at least two kilograms at once!
You've done so much for me, and all I've given you is a small apartment in District 48. All in all, I still owe you so much.
Xiao Bai's tone was very sincere. Zuo Shan opened his mouth, but finally swallowed the words that were about to come out.
What she wanted to say was that at the time, it was only to save her own life; she had to protect him, the strongest commander in the army. No matter how precious other things were, she had to give them up.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Xiao Bai took out the metal bucket she had given him: "You should keep this for your own advancement. What I need to advance now is an opportunity, not something external."
Zuo Shan carried the metal bucket and clearly felt its weight. It was the same weight as when she handed it to him, yet he hadn't used it at all!
But he seemed much more energetic after he got the metal bucket, didn't he?
"You bringing it to me at that time was a tremendous encouragement to me." Xiaobai gazed at her intently, his eyes seemingly piercing through the thick protective layer that encased her heart.
Zuo Shan couldn't help but feel a tremor in her heart. She waved her hand haphazardly as if fleeing, and ran out of his courtyard gate.
The young man who had been silently watching her leave curled his lips into a smile, his heart bursting with joy. In that instant, snowflakes danced lightly, filling the sky with beauty.
This time, the snowflakes were truly gentle, falling silently and without leaving a trace.
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